“There has been criticism for both individuals involved but to say that his exclusion has been completely Mourinho’s fault or completely Mata’s fault would not be correct.” Who says it was Mata’s fault in the first place? You and Mourinho… It’s just like saying ‘for WWII someone blames Germany and someone blames Poland, but they are both equally guilty.’

“It is, however, more likely that the Spaniard is more frustrated with his own performance, because he has every right to be.” Unbeleivable statement/speculation/copy-paste mourinho words, can’t be more wrong and more biased…

“However, Mourinho has asserted right from the beginning that Oscar will be his no. 10. and to be very fair, the Brazilian has fully justified his manager’s faith in him with some fantastic performances.” -to be very fair lol… to be very fair indeed Oscar’s first good game this season was against S’oton.

Sorry, i can continue forever.. i absolutely disagree with 90% of your text.

]]>By: TChttp://backpagefootball.com/the-curious-case-of-juan-mata/68252/#comment-559167
Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:33:39 +0000http://backpagefootball.com/?p=68252#comment-559167An excellent well written analysis! Well done!! The first article I’ve read which makes the whole saga intelligible…
]]>By: Murrayhttp://backpagefootball.com/the-curious-case-of-juan-mata/68252/#comment-558700
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:14:26 +0000http://backpagefootball.com/?p=68252#comment-558700IMO his form is down because Jose does not play him as much, you lose game fitness and touch when you don’t play week in week out. His name is still on the back of my shirt though..
]]>By: Dhttp://backpagefootball.com/the-curious-case-of-juan-mata/68252/#comment-558622
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:28:16 +0000http://backpagefootball.com/?p=68252#comment-558622No point in using Mata wide right to track the full back of a mid table team. It’s all a question of football philosophy,Mata has been poor this season because his skill set doesn’t fit the philosophy of the manager.

Even though Chelsea will often dominate possession,possession per say isn’t the aim of JM teams,he is quite happy to have many transitions,hence he is obsessed with our shape without the ball. Their are players better suited to playing the Jose way at Chelsea than Mata.

No blame should be attached to either player or manager,but should the player express a desire to leave then the club should grant his wish with good grace.

]]>By: bendariohttp://backpagefootball.com/the-curious-case-of-juan-mata/68252/#comment-558565
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:23:43 +0000http://backpagefootball.com/?p=68252#comment-558565Very impressive article and insight!
]]>By: Saurav Surekahttp://backpagefootball.com/the-curious-case-of-juan-mata/68252/#comment-558554
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:58:32 +0000http://backpagefootball.com/?p=68252#comment-558554This is good stuff. Finally an unbiased view on the whole situation. I had gotten tired of everyone accusing Mourinho of having a vendetta against Juan.
]]>By: Biyi Joe Adegborohttp://backpagefootball.com/the-curious-case-of-juan-mata/68252/#comment-558366
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 10:19:22 +0000http://backpagefootball.com/?p=68252#comment-558366That’s exactly the way i look at the Mata situation. No one player is bigger than the club. We jeopardize chelsea’s chances to please a player.. If Mata has made the best use of the given playing time he as, i won’t be in d situation he finds himself, he should improve and show himself as the phenomenal player he his and he will get more chances.
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